Chapter 1217: Getting Ready to Go
After the little boy finished his instructions, he left, leaving Qingyang alone in the courtyard. Although the courtyard was small, it was very exquisite. However, for Qingyang, it was like a cage. It would take half a year to find the Nine-Child Ghost Lotus to refine the Lingming Heshou Pill. Before that, he could not leave easily.
Since he was here, he would make the best of it. Qingyang quickly made up his mind. After sealing the formation outside the courtyard, he found a quiet room for meditation and practiced. As the location of the cave of the Yuanying cultivator, the cultivation conditions of the whole mountain are very good, but only relative to the ghost cultivators. It is not much beneficial to the immortal cultivators like Qingyang. However, Qingyang prepared enough Juyuan Pills for decades before coming to the Ghost Valley, so he did not have to worry about the lack of pills during practice.
Moreover, Youmu Zhenjun was more considerate of Qingyang. Among the materials for practicing, there were also many materials for Juyuan Pills. Juyuan Pills are standard Jindan-level pills. In addition to being used to test Qingyang's alchemy, it can also be regarded as compensation for Qingyang being locked up in the mountain for half a year.
There are several kinds of materials sent by Master Youmu for practice, all of which are materials for golden elixir-level elixirs, which can test Qingyang's alchemy skills from all aspects. Qingyang also understood Master Youmu's purpose and took time to refine these elixirs. However, he did not overly expose his alchemy skills, and only tried to reach the level of spiritual elixir king, and the success rate was controlled at 30%.
After the refining was completed, Qingyang only kept the Juyuan Pill, and returned the other elixirs to Master Youmu. After that, Master Youmu never disturbed him again, obviously recognizing Qingyang's alchemy skills and believing that he was qualified to refine the Lingming Heshou Pill with Master Guixia.
In the days that followed, Qingyang stayed in this small courtyard to practice. The entire mountain belonged to Master Youmu. Who knew if he would peek somewhere? Or send someone to monitor him? Although there is a protective formation outside the courtyard, this is someone else's territory after all, and Youmu Zhenjun is a Yuanying cultivator, much higher than Qingyang's cultivation, Qingyang dare not guarantee that the protective formation is absolutely safe. Therefore, Qingyang has been cautious during this period, never leaving the courtyard, so as not to cause misunderstandings, and even some important things on his body, or things that are easy to cause others to covet, Qingyang dare not take them out casually, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble for himself.
In this case, Qingyang is really no different from being in prison in this courtyard. Fortunately, he has been practicing in seclusion countless times over the years, and the time is countless. He has long adapted to such a life, and it is still easy to spend half a month.
In the last month before departure, Youmu Zhenjun sent the recipe of Lingming Heshou Pill as agreed, and Qingyang spent several days to familiarize himself with the entire recipe.
The refining of Lingming Heshou Pill is not particularly difficult, but it is a bit cumbersome. The refining of the whole pill involves nearly a thousand kinds of main medicines, auxiliary medicines, prescription medicines, and medicine guides, and each material needs to be specially processed. The process also requires many special techniques, which makes it very troublesome to refine. According to Qingyang's estimation, it takes several days to refine a Lingming Heshou Pill according to this procedure, which is several times that of other Jindan-level pills. However, thinking about the level of this pill makes you feel relieved. How can a Yuanying-level pill be so easy to refine?
In recent years, Qingyang's skills in making the Nether Pill have also improved, but because he spent most of his time on cultivation, his level of Nether Pill refining has improved very little, and it can't be compared with his skills in making the Spirit Pill, so he doesn't know much about the Nether Pill in the recipe, but the things about the Spirit Pill are not difficult for him. Qingyang took a closer look and found that it was indeed as Master Youmu said that the difficulty of the part of the Spirit Nether Heshou Pill related to him was only equivalent to the level of refining the Juyuan Pill. As long as Qingyang has the level of the Spirit Pill King, there will be almost no mistakes.
Qingyang's alchemy skills reached the level of a senior pill king many years ago, and have improved significantly in recent years. He should have tried to refine Yuanying-level pills and try to impact the pill king, but he has never come into contact with Yuanying-level pills, so he doesn't know how good he is at it for the time being.
After that, Qingyang spent a few days getting familiar with the recipe of Lingming Heshou Pill, and even went through the refining steps several times in his mind. He basically knew the whole pill by heart. If there were materials for Lingming Heshou Pill at this time, Qingyang could help to refine the rough pill related to Lingdan. However, the materials for this kind of pill are difficult to find, and Youmu Zhenjun did not provide him with such materials, so he could only give up for the time being.
Half a year had passed unknowingly. In the past six months, Qingyang spent a small part of his time refining pills and the rest of his time on cultivation. His cultivation had improved a lot, but he was stuck at the peak of the fourth level of Jindan, and he still lacked an opportunity to break through.
However, Qingyang was also satisfied. It had only been more than seven years since he left the Fallen Ghost Abyss, and he had almost improved his cultivation by one level, which was far beyond Qingyang's expectations. Of course, this is not comparable to the speed of his cultivation with spirit stones in Qingmang Mountain, but it is several years faster than simply using elixirs. The key is that he did not use elixirs much, and the cost of buying the Cold Pond Order was also lower than that of elixirs.
At the agreed six-month period, Qingyang was invited back to the courtyard where Master Youmu lived. Here, he met Master Guixia again. After just six months of not seeing her, Master Guixia seemed to be more stable than before. It was estimated that Master Youmu told her the inside story of refining the Lingming Heshou Pill, so her expression was very solemn, as if she was under a heavy burden.
At the same time, Qingyang also saw the other seven people who were traveling with them. Two of them were Ghost Xia Zhenren's personal guards, Ghost Eagle and Ghost Sparrow. One man and one woman, both of them were at the ninth level of the Golden Core. They were very capable and dressed up. Standing behind Ghost Xia Zhenren, they gave people a great sense of security. Both of them made a soul oath in front of Youmu Zhenjun, vowing to protect Ghost Xia Zhenren until death.
Another person was a white-bearded old man with a determined face. This person had a perfect Golden Core cultivation. Needless to say, he must be Youmu Zhenjun's former personal guard, and the one who was in charge of leading the team this time was Gui He. As for the remaining four ordinary guards, Ghost Jackal and Ghost Wolf were at the eighth level of the Golden Core, and Ghost Fox and Ghost Leopard were at the seventh level of the Golden Core. Just to refine a pill, Youmu Zhenjun sent a team of nine Golden Core cultivators, of which seven were at the late Golden Core stage alone. It can be seen that his entire family has a deep foundation.
The mission for this trip had been arranged long ago, so after the team gathered, Master Youmu didn't say much. He just said a few encouraging words and sent everyone down the mountain.